A Cambuslang sex beast who tried to rape two women in the space of just 40 minutes has pleaded guilty to the attacks.

David McGurk, 34, blamed the attacks on alcohol, telling police he goes “crazy on red wine”.

The fiend appeared at the High Court in Glasgow last week, where he admitted attempting to rape a 28-year-old woman and a 23-year-old woman four months ago.

The incidents took place within five miles of each other between 11pm and 11.40pm on November 2. Neither of the women knew McGurk.

Prosecutor Jo McDonald said that the 28-year-old woman was attacked as she talked on her phone while walking her dog.

The woman ignored McGurk when he approached her near an underpass and said hello. He then dragged her to the ground, ripped her clothing and touched her breast.

The woman began to scream and McGurk put his hand over her mouth. She begged him to let her go and managed to scratch his face and draw blood when he refused.

When he lost his grip, the woman ran off. As she fled she met her boyfriend who had heard her screaming and ran to help.

The woman was distraught, her clothing was ripped and she could only say “a guy, a guy,” and point towards the underpass.

Her boyfriend ran towards the underpass, but could see no-one there.

Just minutes later McGurk, of Jura Terrace, attacked the 23-year-old woman as she walked back from buying a takeaway.

She noticed the accused in front of her and as she passed him said: “Hiya, are you out for a walk tonight?”

McGurk replied: “Am following you”, and smacked her on the cheek, then grabbed her breasts and tried unsuccessfully to pull her to the ground.

The woman managed to run away and asked staff at a nearby block of flats to call the police.

Officers viewed CCTV in the area of the first attack and saw the accused getting into a taxi and established that he was dropped off at the Whitlawburn area of Cambuslang, where the second attack took place.